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Decades ago, while Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were first walking on the Moon, a panel of experts called the Space Task Group was putting together recommendations for what America should do in space next. One of those was a human expedition to...

The 19th century American humorist Mark Twain once made an observation that might help explain why the U.S. Space program has seemingly stagnated; why, nearly a half-century after Apollo 11 landed on the moon, we have not only not gone back to the...

The Spirit rover may have finished its journey a long time ago, but there is still plenty of data to go through and analyze, and continued study of that data has provided more evidence for one of the rover’s most significant findings:...

Two unexpected phenomena have been observed in the Martian atmosphere by NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft: an unexplained high-altitude dust cloud and an aurora that reaches well into the Martian atmosphere.It...

A new study released by NASA scientists indicates that Mars may have been home to lots and lots of water at one time. In fact, the study shows that at one time in the far distant past, Mars may have even had an ocean the size of, or maybe even...

The following recap of "The Big Bang Theory" from tonight, March 5, may contain spoilers about the wildly popular television show. The episode titled "The Colonization Application," starts off with a hilarious scene between Amy...

Just as NASA’s Curiosity rover has confirmed the presence of methane on Mars, hinting that life may have existed there, another study released by Cornell University revealed that researchers there have formed “a methane-based, oxygen...

According to a Wednesday story in Salon, Pat Robertson, a televangelist and former presidential candidate, took to the airwaves on his “700 Club” and choose to inveigh against NASA in general and the exploration of Mars in specific. He...

The Washington Post noted on Tuesday that the recent hearings concerning the future of space exploration and commercial space held by Sen. Ted Cruz’s Subcommittee on Space, Science, and Competitiveness highlighted a persistent conflict...

Space might be a whole lot more than just the final frontier. According to Stephen Hawking, we need to start looking at space as our best bet for prolonging mankind's survival. TheIndependent reported on Feb. 20, that Hawking was giving a tour...

A NASA photograph of Mars appears to show a boot and glove lying on the surface of the Red Planet. How did they get there? The raw photo, uploaded to the NASA/JPL public website on Feb. 18, clearly shows two objects which, not only don't look...

In an article published Feb. 17 we see, once again, that amateur astronomers have observed something interesting and NASA is nowhere to be seen. An amateur astronomer in West Chester, Pa. observed an unusual event while telescopically viewing Mars...

Mars One announced they have selected 100 candidates eligible to live on Mars. The Mars 100 Round Three candidates consists of 50 men and 50 women from around the world who passed the second round. The next rounds will focus on composing teams...

Amateur astronomers were the first to notice what appeared to be vaporous plumes extending out past the regular atmospheric shell around Mars back in 2012. They were massive. They were roughly 100 kilometers (62 miles) above the highest reaches of...

Two plumes observed over Mars on two separate occasions have scientists baffled today as to what is causing this phenomenon. These strange plumes over the red planet were discovered by amateur astronomers and they have never been observed by the...